The Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS) is pleased to announce that Faraz ...

1 Brigham and Women's Hospital Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 2 Harvard School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Importance Medication computerised ...

Health information technology (IT), such as computerized physician order entry and electronic health records, has potential to improve the quality of health care. But the returns from widespread ...

Despite guidelines stating otherwise, clinicians continue to prescribe inappropriate antibiotics to hospitalized patients with skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs), raising costs and increasing the ...

Abstract: A major concern related to the healthcare industry is uniformity in healthcare delivery. There is considerable variation in the diagnosis and treatment of patients depending on the ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Quality, Safety & Oversight Group sent a memo to state survey agency directors, effective immediately, clarifying HIPAA compliance for texting patient ...

ABSTRACT: Aim: Client perception was important to indicate points requiring interventions or adjustments and to permit refinement of the services offered. This study aimed to determine the perception ...

Carol Ann Hudson is assistant vice president, quality and clinical operations, population health, at Lifepoint Health, a national health system and accountable care organization based in Brentwood, ...

Few U.S. hospitals have implemented computerized physician order entry (CPOE) in spite of its effectiveness at preventing serious medication errors. We interviewed senior management at twenty-six ...